Robert LaSalle by Katlyn
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- He claimed for France all of the Mississippi River Valley and called it Louisianaia.
- His goal was travel to the mouth of the Mississippi River by canoe. He did it.
- He was born in 1643 and died in 1687.
- He was born in Rouen,France.
- He left for the Mississippi River in winter of 1681.
- He began rowing the Mississippi in February of 1682.
- He reached the Gulf of Mexico in April.
- When he got there the soldiers fired and said " Long live the king".